He graduated from Fudan University (former Shanghai Medical University) and obtained Doctor‘s degree in 2008. He is certified in the specialties of pancreatic surgery and gastrointestinal oncology. He has been working for Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University since 2003. He was also a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Yang has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Gastroenterology, Gut, JNCI, Biomaterials, European Journal of Cancer, Annals of Surgical Oncology, and Surgery. He is interested in all fields of pancreatic surgery and pancreatic tumors.